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McCurdy John Gilbert <1972-> |
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Citizen bachelors [[electronic resource] ] : manhood and the creation of the United States / / John Gilbert McCurdy |
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Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Bachelors - United States - History - 17th century |
Bachelors - United States - History - 18th century |
United States Social life and customs To 1775 |
United States Social life and customs 1775-1783 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction : bachelors in early America -- "Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants" : singles in early colonial America -- "If a single man and able he shall make satisfaction" : the bachelor laws -- "Every one of them shall be chained about the middle to a post like a monkey" : literary representations of the bachelor -- "I resolve to live a bachelor while I remain in this wicked country" : living single in early America -- "The bachelor is the only free man" : the single man and the American Revolution -- Epilogue : bachelors since 1800 -- Appendix : singles' laws, 1500-1800. |
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